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Gordon Miller (Author)
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December 29, 1998
A real world practical guide to dramatically increase your wages, as told by an average working stiff who quit four jobs in five years and tripled his pay!

The proven, step-by-step approach to strategically changing jobs and exponentially improving your salary and career.

The rules have changed.  Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, re-engineering, outsourcing, massive layoffs, and the global economy have reshaped the job market.  It's no longer enough to work year after year for incremental pay raises in exchange for job security.  Employers today are driven by the bottom line; by and large, company loyalty and commitment have gone the way of the dinosaurs.

To get ahead in today's world you have to manage your career like your finances, by constantly planning ahead for your next job.  Quit Your Job Often and Get Big Raises shows you how to get ahead--and dramatically increase your salary--by changing jobs frequently and leveraging your current position for something better.  It shows you why you should do it, when to do it, and how to do it.

You'll discover:


How to identify the industries with strong future growth
Why the ability to market yourself is crucial--and how to do it
When you should begin looking for your next job
How to hit the ground running when you do change jobs
And much, much more!

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Is the chance to triple your pay worth more to you than a gold watch or a crystal paperweight? Gordon Miller, the author of this book, increased his salary by more than $100,000 in just five years. But he didn't accomplish this by staying loyal to one company. Rather, he changed jobs nearly every year. He says that you too can vastly improve your salary, earn signing bonuses, and score stock options and a flex-time schedule by following his "Big Raise" strategies.

Included in Quit Your Job Often are:

  • Tips on identifying hot industries and applying your skills to positions in those industries
  • Ways to build your reputation at work and market yourself within your company
  • Recommended Web sites for online job searches
  • Specific moves to help you make an immediate impact on the job--and make sure management notices
  • Advice to help you determine when it's time to move on to another job
While the advice in Quit Your Job Often isn't for everyone's stomach, it's certainly practical in these times of low job security. It'll be inspirational to anyone who's underemployed, has been laid off, or is otherwise in need of some career coaching--or for those who want to pick out their own gold watch.

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A real world practical guide to dramatically increase your wages, as told by an average working stiff who quit four jobs in five years and tripled his pay!

The proven, step-by-step approach to strategically changing jobs and exponentially improving your salary and career.

The rules have changed.  Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, re-engineering, outsourcing, massive layoffs, and the global economy have reshaped the job market.  It's no longer enough to work year after year for incremental pay raises in exchange for job security.  Employers today are driven by the bottom line; by and large, company loyalty and commitment have gone the way of the dinosaurs.

To get ahead in today's world you have to manage your career like your finances, by constantly planning ahead for your next job.  Quit Your Job Often and Get Big Raises shows you how to get ahead--and dramatically increase your salary--by changing jobs frequently and leveraging your current position for something better.  It shows you why you should do it, when to do it, and how to do it.

You'll discover:


How to identify the industries with strong future growth
Why the ability to market yourself is crucial--and how to do it
When you should begin looking for your next job
How to hit the ground running when you do change jobs
And much, much more!

Product Details

  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Main Street Books/Doubleday; 1st Main Street Books ed edition (December 29, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385495935
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385495936
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I don't know about the "dissing," but I like this book!, October 9, 1999
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What's up with John from New York? Did he read the book? I thought this was a place to give a book review? Anyway, I did read the book. I really liked the part about NOT sending a resume but instead sending a job proposal. IT WORKED. I did what the author said and I got a great new job!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good for encouraging you, not big on techniques., November 8, 2002
This review is from: Quit Your Job Often and Get Big Raises! (Paperback)
Lots of common sense stuff. However, if a refresher and "coach" would be helpful to you, then this is a solid book to read.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money: check this book out of the library!, July 7, 1999
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Miller touts the benefits of changing jobs frequently, and of bringing in one's own team to your new employer to cut costs. What costs will that employer incur when he and his loyal team shove off again? Miller has loyalty only to his bank account.
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On July 13, 1997, two days after I quit my fourth job in five years, the most interesting thing happened. Read the first page
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